Unions find support in Obama

At last, we will have a Labor Day where workers can celebrate some good news. It's been awhile since unions have had something good to boast about. Labor still has a long way to get back where it was. But, at least for now, we can see a ray of light at the end of the tunnel.

For years, employers have been sending our jobs abroad. It started with manufacturing jobs. Now, with the global technology available, no one's job has really been safe from the job-cutting machete.

Recently, the Senate approved all five of the president's nominees, creating a full National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB will help guarantee fair union elections and more compliance of labor laws. Unions have needed this for a long time.

Thomas Perez has just been made the head of the Labor Department. This ensures new regulations will help veterans and the disabled get jobs. Home health workers will get better wages. Regulations for a safer workplace will come to pass, as unions will have more say in what happens on their shop floor.

The UAW announced that the GM plant in Spring Hill will be hiring about 1,800 new workers. The UAW also has two aggressive organizing campaigns ongoing with Volkswagen and Nissan.

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Unions find support in Obama

At last, we will have a Labor Day where workers can celebrate some good news. It's been awhile since unions have had something good to boast about. Labor still has a long way to get back where it was.